Rudd family papers, 1777-19521804-1952
Collection Number: 1636

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Rudd family papers, 1777-1952 1804-1952
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
1636
Abstract:
Correspondence, notes and notebooks, printed material, and miscellany concerning the family affairs and genealogy of the Rudd, Porter, DeForest, and other related families and including information on the history of Norwich, Connecticut, where the family originated. Of particular interest are a copy of a letter (August 26, 1777) from Joseph Rudd, describing the battle at Bennington, Vermont; two letters (1827) about a religious revival in Huntington, Connecticut; and B. Rudd's book of sketches made in Italy (1891-1894).
Creator:
Rudd family.
Quanitities:
.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, notes and notebooks, printed material, and miscellany concerning the family affairs and genealogy of the Rudd, Porter, DeForest, and other related families and including information on the history of Norwich, Connecticut, where the family originated. Of particular interest are a copy of a letter (August 26, 1777) from Joseph Rudd, describing the battle at Bennington, Vermont; two letters (1827) about a religious revival in Huntington, Connecticut; and B. Rudd's book of sketches made in Italy (1891-1894).

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Rudd family papers, #1636. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Rudd, Joseph.
Rudd, B.
Porter family.
DeForest family.
Places:
Norwich (Conn.) -- History.
Italy.
Bennington, Battle of, N.Y., 1777.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns.
Subjects:
Revivals.
Religion.
Form and Genre Terms:
Genealogies.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondence
1803-1810
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence
1911
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence
1812-1819
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence
1820-1828
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence
1885-1895
Box 1 Folder 6
Correspondence: Mary Ojeti and children Bepi and Vera
1895-1918
Box 1 Folder 7
Correspondence
1906-1909
Box 1 Folder 8
Ms. - Ancestry of Margaret Baret
1915-1922
Box 1 Folder 9
Miner and Darrow Sage Correspondence re Society of Dames
1907
Box 1 Folder 10
Morris Family Genealogy
Box 1 Folder 11-12
Porter Family Genealogy
Box 1 Folder 13-14
Porter Family Genealogy; also, Huntingyon, Baret, Morris, White Families
Box 1 Folder 15
Rudd, De Forest, Shelton Family Genealogies
Box 1 Folder 16
Rudd Family Genealogy
Box 1 Folder 17
Rudd Family Genealogy (Tracy-Huntington-Porter-Rudd)
Box 2 Folder 1
Historical Article by George Shepard Porter for The Bulletin (Norwich, Connecticut)
Box 2 Folder 2
Historical Essay
Box 2 Folder 3
Notes: History of Norwich, Connecticut
Box 2 Folder 4
Newspaper clippings (mailnly historical subjects)
1904-1907
Box 2 Folder 5
Genealogy questions
Box 2 Folder 6-12
Historical/Genealogical Material
Box 2 Folder 13
The Uncas Monument
1842
Box 3
Notebook: Heraldry
Box 3
Notebook: "156 names on Soldiers momument"
Box 3
Notebook: Porter Genealogy
Box 3
Bank book (blank)
Box 3
Notebook: Porter, Rudd, etal Genealogies
Box 3
Ancestral Tablets (pedigree diagrams): Rudd, Porter etal
1845
Box 3
Sketchbook: Margaret Blagrove Rudd (Roma)
1891-1993
Box 3
Catalogue of Foreign Ancestries of American Colonial Families by George S. Porter
Box 3
Inscriptions from Gravestones in Christ Church, Norwich, Conn. By George S. Porter
1906